English dictionary
commit
verbAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
verb
- transfer to another place so something can be kept or preserved
verb
- make a set of changes permanent
verb
- give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
verb
- make an investment
verb
- cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
verb
- confer a trust upon
verb
- engage in or perform
verb
- perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
Example sentences
He committed the poem to memory
she committed her thoughts to paper
We committed the changes to the Git repository
She committed herself to the work of God
give one's talents to a good cause
consecrate your life to the church
Put money into bonds
After the second episode, she had to be committed
he was committed to prison
The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret
I commit my soul to God
practice safe sex
commit a random act of kindness
perpetrate a crime
pull a bank robbery